From all appearances, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have had a hectic year, juggling multiple television shows and real estate transactions. Most recently, they sold their Encino home for $2.5 million.
The six-bedroom, 61/2-bathroom Tuscan-style...

Producer and talent manager Steve Alexander and his wife, interior designer Vanessa Alexander, have sold a Malibu estate for $9.454 million.
Set on 2.6 acres in the Serra Retreat area, the newly built house combines the feel of a Hamptons barn with...

"The Artist," the charming film about Hollywood's transition from silent movies to talkies, and the family drama "The Descendants" were catapulted to front-runner Oscar status Sunday night with an armful of Golden Globes to their names as the awards...

It doesn’t take much scratching beneath the surface to find a celebrity name in a home’s title history or the public record in L.A. County.
Among recent listings with celebrity pedigrees are:
-- An Italian-style villa in La Canada Flintridge built in 1989 by actor Kevin Costner with his then-wife, Cindy. The walled compound has 6,754 square feet of living space in the main house, 2,400 square feet of loggias and a detached 840-square-foot structure with a 1,000-bottle wine cellar, tasting...

Masked superheroes parading around in spandex and capes may have ruled the box office in recent years, but sweeping period dramas like this season's "Anna Karenina" and "Les Misérables," with their spectacular costumes, are never out of style.
"CUT! Costume and the Cinema," a new exhibition scheduled to be at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana through March 10, celebrates the glamour of cinematic couture in period films with a collection of 43 costumes from 27 films, including "The Phantom of the Opera,"...

At the risk of upsetting the fanboys, I have to go on record and explain why the final film in Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy is a disappointment of epic proportions. Rotten Tomatoes had to turn off their comment section because people were so upset about negative reviews, but look, guys, it ain’t rocket science: “The Dark Knight Rises” is not a very good movie—and it’s especially not a very good movie by the standards Nolan set for himself with “Batman Begins&...

When she was a kid, “Sparkle” star Jordin Sparks really, really wanted to play football.
“I think I wanted to tackle people, so I kinda wanted to be a lineman,” laughs Sparks, whose dad played for the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. “[My parents] were like, ‘You’re a girl, no! We don’t want people touching you in wrong ways and [you] getting hurt.’”
Needless to say, the 22-year-old past “American Idol” winner more frequently...

Here in Chicago, we’ve had a siege mentality about this NATO summit for the past month, but it’s coming and going as nothing more than a major pain in the ass for anyone who had to get downtown over the weekend.
I spent a large chunk of Saturday interviewing protestors, but when Sunday rolled around with the major rally in Grant Park, it was nearly 90 degrees, and I overslept a little. So I decided to stay in and watch it from Twitter. This turned out to be a good decision because other than...

Joining the ranks of teenage homeowners is "Hunger Games" star Josh Hutcherson, who has bought a place in the Hollywood Hills West area for $2.5 million.
Called the Tree House, the 2,000-square-foot-plus house has been home at different times to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and the late actor Heath Ledger.
The two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, built in 1951, sits behind gates on nearly a half-acre filled with sycamores. Features include glass walls, polished concrete floors, an office, beamed...